Guest guest Posted April 10, 2011 Report Share Posted April 10, 2011 Hello all, I was wondering if anyone has had experience with Picc lines? I'm having my other hip replaced this fall in Cleveland and it will be awesome to get my life back pain free! My biggest problem during my last replacement was not the surgery or physical therapy, those were a piece of cake, it was the horrible Picc line! I had it put in two days before surgery and kept it in for almost two weeks. It was done since it is soo hard to get an IV started or take blood from me. In theory they're wonderful, in my reality it was evil! They numb the area around the upper arm underneath and insert the picc line (a long IV tube) into a deep inner vain... The intial stick did not hurt, but once they got into my inner arm and thread through the vein to above the heart, I don't think I ever felt so much pain in my life... I was sweating, crying, and screaming...40 mintues of torture. Unfortunately they can only numb the skin so there was nothing that could be done when it went internal. For the two weeks I had my picc line, it was just so miserable, my arm was super sore, my fingers swelled and my right arm was basically useless... In an average height person, insertion is not nearly as painful and the pain as a whole goes away after a few hours...I think having dwarf arms with the anatomy being different made it and kept it painful. I'm going to do what I can (not sure what it is) to be able to have a traditional IV... Has anyone else had a PICC line? Did you experience the same thing? They did check it for blood clots and infections but it was fine... I just don't want to deal with that again. - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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